Brooksville News

Brooksville resident Elizabeth Clifford invites the public to "have fun while helping others" by participating in the fifth annual Walk for Tots on Cape Rosier Sunday, May 27, starting at 10 a.m. Money raised through the event is given to Children's Miracle Network, which provides services for children who need to be hospitalized.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair shakes hands with people as he walks with the 2012 graduating class of Colby College during commencent ceremonies in Waterville on Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Emma Creighton, a woman with ties to Deer Isle and the Blue Hill Peninsula, sailed 4,200 miles single-handedly across the Atlantic in a 21-foot boat last year.

After lengthy deliberation that included concern for overall community support and urging from several citizens in attendance, the school board gave the go-ahead to a proposed 2013 trip to the Grand Canyon at its May 7 board meeting.

Local news and information covering Blue Hill, Brooksville, Brooklin, Castine, Deer Isle, Isle au Haut, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Stonington and Surry, Maine.

Gov. Paul Maine has signed a new mining regulatory bill, but that doesn't mean mining is new in Maine.

If I could have cloned myself in order to hear more of the excellent music at the 2012 Belfast Free Range Musical, I'd have done so.